Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan

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Saddleworth Parish Council submitted an application for the designation of Saddleworth Parish Council boundary as a neighbourhood area with the intention of preparing a Neighbourhood Plan. The application covered the whole parish area (an application was also made to the Peak District National Park Authority which covers part of the Parish Council area).

Designation of neighbourhood area

The application to designate Saddleworth Parish Council boundary as a neighbourhood area was approved at Oldham Council Cabinet on Monday 21 November 2016. It was also approved at the Peak District National Park Authority Planning Committee on Friday 11 November 2016.

In accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended) the Council has publicised a decision notice and map setting out the following information.

(a) the name of the neighbourhood area;
(b) a map which identifies the area; and
(c) the name of the relevant body who applied for the designation.

These are available to view below:

Details of the decision are also available to view on the Peak District National Park Authority website. 

Saddleworth Neighbourhood Development Plan – Regulation 16 consultation

Oldham Council is inviting representations on behalf of both itself and the Peak District National Park Authority on the Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan and its supporting documents, in line with the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations (Regulation 16) from  10th June 2026 until 11.59pm on 24th July 2026

The documents available to view include:

A link to Oldham Council’s website is also available from the PDNPA’s  https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/planning/neighbourhood-planning/current-consultations.

Hard copies of the Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan and its supporting documents can be found at: 

  • Libraries in Delph, Greenfield, Lees and Uppermill (for the latest details on library opening times please visit https://hla.oldham.gov.uk/libraries/local-libraries/);
  • Oldham Council’s Spindles Shopping Centre reception (please press the intercom for reception and go upstairs to the second floor), West Street, Oldham, OL1 1LF (open Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm); and
  • the Peak District National Park Authority’s main office from 8.45am to 5pm Monday to Friday.

 

How to comment:

Consultation on the Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan and supporting documents is taking place from 10th June 2026 until 11.59pm on 24th July 2026

If you wish to be notified of the Oldham Council’s and the PDNPA’s decision whether to make (adopt) or refuse to make the Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan under Regulation 19 of the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations, please make this clear in your representation.

The Council is keen to promote the submission of comments electronically and encourage anyone with appropriate facilities to make their responses in this way. 

Comments can be sent by email to: spi.consultations@oldham.gov.uk

Or you can post your comments to:

Strategic Planning and Information, 

Oldham Council, 

First Floor Reception, 

Spindles Shopping Centre, 

Oldham, OL1 1LA.

Comments on the Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan and its supporting documents must be received by  11.59pm on 24th July 2026

Please do not send comments to Saddleworth Parish Council or the PDNPA.

How your comments will be held

Please note all comments will be held by Oldham Council and will be available to view publicly. Comments cannot be treated as confidential. Your personal information, such as your postal and e-mail address, will not be published, but your name and organisation (if relevant) will. 

Details of our data protection and commitments and the Strategic Planning and Information Privacy Notice can be found on the Council’s website at https://www.oldham.gov.uk/info/200585/local_plan/1825/consultation

Next Steps

The comments received will  be sent to an independent examiner who will assess whether the Plan meets certain basic conditions and legal requirements.

If successful, a referendum on the Neighbourhood Plan will then be held. If more than 50% of voters say yes to using the Neighbourhood Plan to help decide on planning applications for the neighbourhood area, then the plan is adopted.

Once passed, the neighbourhood plan will become part of the statutory development plan and will be used to determine planning applications alongside the relevant Local Plans for the neighbourhood area.

Further information will be available as the neighbourhood plan progresses.

Join the planning policy mailing list

If you would like to be kept up to date on developments with the Local Plan you can join the Local Plan Mailing List.

For more details visit the planning policy consultation page:

Preparing a Neighbourhood Plan

Saddleworth Parish Council have prepared the Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan.

Information on this can be found on the following website.

Oldham Council in consultation with the Peak District National Park Authority and the three statutory bodies (the Environment Agency, Natural England and Historic England) has screened whether the plan requires a Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA). The screening statement is now available to view.

Saddleworth Parish Council publicised the draft Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan and invited representations between 2 April and 10 June 2024.

Saddleworth Parish Council subsequently submitted the Neighbourhood Plan and supporting documentation to Oldham Council and the Peak District National Park Authority.

Oldham Council agreed at Cabinet on 15th December 2025 that the Neighbourhood Plan should proceed to consultation and examination in accordance with Regulations 16 and 17 of the Regulations. A copy of the Decision Statement is available below.